Laonice cirrata

Other invertebrates
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth10–851 m
Water temperature-1–29 °C
Best monthsJune, July, and August
How commonCommon

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 98 records
February: 234 records
March: 155 records
April: 209 records
May: 270 records
June: 365 records
July: 565 records
August: 454 records
September: 239 records
October: 62 records
November: 168 records
December: 95 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 10–851 m · Deepest record: 4,410 m

0–10 m: 272 records
10–20 m: 211 records
20–30 m: 401 records
30–40 m: 116 records
40–50 m: 68 records
50–60 m: 89 records
60–70 m: 142 records
70–80 m: 88 records
80–90 m: 55 records
90–100 m: 51 records
100–110 m: 119 records
110+ m: 1,167 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of -1–29 °C

-2–0 °C: 4 records
0–2 °C: 17 records
2–4 °C: 7 records
4–6 °C: 22 records
6–8 °C: 21 records
8–10 °C: 113 records
10–12 °C: 144 records
12–14 °C: 78 records
14–16 °C: 40 records
16–18 °C: 47 records
18–20 °C: 21 records
20–22 °C: 11 records
22–24 °C: 27 records
24–26 °C: 146 records
26–28 °C: 44 records
28–30 °C: 2 records

Names and classification

Other scientific names: Aricideopsis megalops, Chaetosphaera falconis, Laonice foliata, Laonice pugettensis, Laonice sacculata, Laonome cirrata, Nerine cirrata, Scolecolepis cirrata, Spionides cirratus, Spionides foliata, Spionides sacculata

Similar species

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
6,683 open-data records from 1851 to 2024.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.

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